The Princess Royal has been dubbed the "absolute brick" of the royal family as she chatted with veterans and their families during a Christmas Tea Party she hosted in their honour.

Anne, 75, hosted the tea party at St James's Palace for The Not Forgotten Association, which supports veterans and service-people who are suffering from injury and illness.

The King's sister mingled with guests, including Dorothea Barron, 101, who served with the Wrens between 1943 and 1945.

The ex-servicewoman said she told Anne that she thinks she is "the absolute brick of the royal family".

© Getty Images The Princess meeting veteran Dorothea Barron

"She's practical, she's down to earth and she's a damned hard worker," Mrs Barron added.

Anne is patron of over 300 organisations and carries out hundred

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